i have heard u can get vista for free if u bought ur system after october
2006 has anyone else heard that?

"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have heard u can get vista for free if u bought ur system after october
> 2006 has anyone else heard that?

If you purchase a computer, Vista comes with it. It isn't free, you "paid"
for it in the system price.

No. Have not heard that!

The OEM offer expired on March 31, 2007.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39A5782F-770B-4FC9-8882-C53588016F64@microsoft.com...
i have heard u can get vista for free if u bought ur system after october
2006 has anyone else heard that?

i got my laptop from staples and i rang them cos of wot i heard and they sed
to go on my laptops make website and fill it in but i cant find no info :S

"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i got my laptop from staples and i rang them cos of wot i heard and they
>sed
> to go on my laptops make website and fill it in but i cant find no info :S


Check the paperwork that came with your laptop for a Vista upgrade offer
(you did save all the paperwork, right?).
At least, find a copy of your purchase receipt, then *call* the laptop
manufacturer and get their support on the phone if you cannot find what you
need on their web site. Be aware that any free Vista upgrade offer is from
the laptop maker and *not* from Microsoft, so there is no guarantee that
your laptop maker made such an offer, or that it is still available if they
did.

mahbeee u cood axe em for a sphell chekr and a dikshunary 2.

"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i got my laptop from staples and i rang them cos of wot i heard and they
>sed
> to go on my laptops make website and fill it in but i cant find no info :S

It seems with your spelling you probably have a 3rd grade education. Vista
is Free. You can go into any electronics store, ask the manager for a Free
copy of Vista. Take it home and install it on your PC. You can even give
it to anyone you want.

Microsoft developed Vista free for people just like yourself.

Just FYI.


"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i got my laptop from staples and i rang them cos of wot i heard and they
>sed
> to go on my laptops make website and fill it in but i cant find no info :S

Hi,

Carey has given you the correct information, the free upgrade offers via
moduslink were time-limited. It was available during the brief period where
Vista had become available but was not yet preinstalled. If you have waited
this long to take advantage of it, you have waited too long.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i got my laptop from staples and i rang them cos of wot i heard and they
>sed
> to go on my laptops make website and fill it in but i cant find no info :S

i seen advertisements,where some companys said they would give you a free
upgrade to vista,if you wanted it.call the mfg or email them.they may still
give it to you..worth a try

"Bill Yanaire" wrote:

>
> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39A5782F-770B-4FC9-8882-C53588016F64@microsoft.com...
> >i have heard u can get vista for free if u bought ur system after october
> > 2006 has anyone else heard that?
>
> If you purchase a computer, Vista comes with it. It isn't free, you "paid"
> for it in the system price.
>
>
>
>

"PvdG42" <pvdg@toadstool.edu> wrote in message
news:OnU3Yl5BIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C35A19A9-239B-418F-83F5-887B34E69A1E@microsoft.com...
>>i got my laptop from staples and i rang them cos of wot i heard and they
>>sed
>> to go on my laptops make website and fill it in but i cant find no info
>> :S
>
>
> Check the paperwork that came with your laptop for a Vista upgrade offer
> (you did save all the paperwork, right?).
> At least, find a copy of your purchase receipt, then *call* the laptop
> manufacturer and get their support on the phone if you cannot find what
> you need on their web site. Be aware that any free Vista upgrade offer is
> from the laptop maker and *not* from Microsoft, so there is no guarantee
> that your laptop maker made such an offer, or that it is still available
> if they did.

I bought a Toshiba laptop around Christams last year and applied for the
free upgrade to Vista. It never came. Knowing that it is Toshiba's
repsonsibility, I called their customer service and they referred me to the
fulfillment house and claimed it is their reponsibility (the fulfillmnet
house's) and not Toshiba's to honor the offer. What nonsense, it's the last
Toshiba I buy. I'm still contesting it but I don't think the time I
expended and the additional time I will expend fighting them is worth it.